• First edition of Papermaking by Hand in India by Dard Hunter, one of the foremost authorities of paper making in the twentieth century. He visited Kashmir, Sailkot, Delhi, Agra, Kalpi, Wardha, Hyderabad and Dacca.
  • First edition of Papermaking by Hand in India by Dard Hunter, one of the foremost authorities of paper making in the twentieth century. He visited Kashmir, Sailkot, Delhi, Agra, Kalpi, Wardha, Hyderabad and Dacca.
  • First edition of Papermaking by Hand in India by Dard Hunter, one of the foremost authorities of paper making in the twentieth century. He visited Kashmir, Sailkot, Delhi, Agra, Kalpi, Wardha, Hyderabad and Dacca.
  • First edition of Papermaking by Hand in India by Dard Hunter, one of the foremost authorities of paper making in the twentieth century. He visited Kashmir, Sailkot, Delhi, Agra, Kalpi, Wardha, Hyderabad and Dacca.
  • First edition of Papermaking by Hand in India by Dard Hunter, one of the foremost authorities of paper making in the twentieth century. He visited Kashmir, Sailkot, Delhi, Agra, Kalpi, Wardha, Hyderabad and Dacca.
  • First edition of Papermaking by Hand in India by Dard Hunter, one of the foremost authorities of paper making in the twentieth century. He visited Kashmir, Sailkot, Delhi, Agra, Kalpi, Wardha, Hyderabad and Dacca.
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HUNTER, Dard.

Papermaking by Hand in India.

Papermaking by Hand in India.

Stock Code 123895

New York, Pynson Printers, 1939.

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An attractive copy of this work on papermaking in India by William Joseph 'Dard' Hunter (1883-1966), one of the foremost authorities of paper making in the twentieth century.

The author visited Kashmir, Sailkot, Delhi, Agra, Kalpi, Wardha, Hyderabad and Dacca.

First edition, signed limited edition, no.169 of 370 copies; 4to (29.5 x 23.5 cm); signed to limitation page by author and publisher, 84 plates on 42 sheets, vignette to title, 24 Indian paper samples to rear, original prospectus loosely inserted; publisher's original quarter black calf, gilt lettering to spine, decorative textile boards, edges uncut, original matching slip case rubbed with loss of lower panel, touch of wear to spine, a near-fine copy; 129, [4] pp.

Schlosser 39.

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